Oct 1, 2015 | Florida Law
Recently, The Florida Bar heard pros and cons at a public forum regarding a controversial recommendation to let lawyers from other states to practice in Florida without taking the Florida Bar exam. As Susan Taylor Martin reported, proponents of this reciprocity say...
Sep 10, 2015 | Family Law, Florida Law, gay marriage
According to his mother, U.S. District Judge David Bunning might not agree with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage, but he will uphold the law.[1] Judge Bunning is now at the center of an ongoing same-sex marriage debate. This debate...
Aug 20, 2015 | Family Law, Florida Law, Uncategorized
“In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world.” –John Forbes Nash The movie, A Beautiful Mind, tells the story of Nobel Prize winner, John Nash. The film takes the viewer through Nash’s life; a life which is punctuated with significant...
May 28, 2015 | Family Law, Florida Law
In The Florida Bar News Article from May 15, 2015 front page: The ban in Florida’s judicial canons on judicial candidates personally soliciting for campaign contributions has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision. In the case of Williams-Yulee v. The...
Apr 23, 2015 | Divorce, Family Law, Florida Law
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” –Mahatma Ghandi The Economist Magazine, April 11-17, 2015, Page 28, reports . . . That a new study in Behavioral Sciences and the Law...
Mar 26, 2015 | Divorce, Family Law, Florida Law
“Current Florida law already provides for the adjustment of alimony under the proper circumstances. The law also insures that spouses who have sacrificed their careers to raise a family, do not suffer financial catastrophe upon divorce, and that the lower...
